Building a railroad. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Wayne Ezekiel No one has identified the exact location of this photo. “In December 1880, the Eastern Extension Railway opened its line from new Glasgow to the Strait of Canso. There followed a flurry of station-building at various locations, including James River, Brierly Brook, Antigonish, South […]
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Co-op Housing, The Heights, 1950s
Co-op Housing, The Heights, 1950s. Home Owners L-R: Ronald “Pud” and Helen MacGillivray; Johnnie and Mary MacDougall; Lauchie and Sally MacDonald; Rod and Geraldine MacSween; Bill and Anne Anstey; and Gillis and Flossie Brown. Courtesy of the StFX University Archives. Ronald “Pud” and Helen MacGillivray; Johnnie and Mary MacDougall, Lauchie and Sally MacDonald, Rod and […]
A native family’s seasonal home at Antigonish Landing, Victoria Day weekend, 1924.
A native family’s seasonal home at Antigonish Landing, Victoria Day weekend, 1924. Photographer: Violet Cunningham. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Violet Cunningham’s son, Roy, remembers his mother taking this photo when he was a child. A memorable day because he got to have “pop” on this holiday. Jocelyn Gillis, Curator, Antigonish […]
Main Street, Merrimac House on left , St. James (Presbyterian) Church in the background, c 1910
Main Street, Merrimac House on left , St. James (Presbyterian) Church in the background, c 1910. Photography: Notman Studios. Courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives, Accession No. 1983-310 number 68408/Negative: N-4820. The Notman Studio photographs in the Nova Scotia Archives cover the period ca. 1869 to ca. 1920, and include photo portraits, Halifax streets, buildings and […]
Apple Blossom Time, early 1900s
Apple Blossom Time, early 1900s. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Joe Fraser.
“Charlie Hughie” in action, 1916
“Charlie Hughie” in action, 1916. Courtesy of Bart Sears, C. J. MacGillivray Album, and Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald
Adrian Van Berkel and Adrian Van de Sande examine the turnips crop, Salt Springs, 1957
Adrian Van Berkel and Adrian Van de Sande examine the turnips crop, Salt Springs, 1957. Courtesy of Toosje Van de Sande. Restoration: Jeff Parker Dorothy Lander and John Graham-Pole in conversation with Toosje and Casey Van de Sande, June 27, 2014. Casey: We grew turnips for ourselves but also for the cattle. Casey gave us […]
Billy Collie MacDonald, mother bear and two cubs, source of food and income, James River, c 1948
Billy Colin MacDonald, mother bear and two cubs, source of food and income ($50 bounty on pelts), James River, early 1950s. Courtesy of Mary Lillian MacDonald. Restoration: Jeff Parker. Dorothy Lander in conversation with Mary Lillian MacDonald, June 30, 2014. I remember when this happened. We ate the meat. […]
Bringing in the hay, c 1920s
Bringing in the hay, c 1920s. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Wayne Ezekiel.
Freshet, 1906, St. Mary’s Street, Antigonish
Freshet, 1906, St. Mary’s Street, Antigonish. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Jeff Parker. Excerpted from Stanley-Blackwell and MacLean, 2004, p. 237: The December 1906 freshet was particularly destructive. The combination of warm temepratures, melting snow, and torrential rains left the low-lying areas of Antigonish submerged. Some residents reported two fee of water in their […]